In an in-depth interview with longtime consumer advocate Ralph Nader, we look at Republican-led efforts to gut Medicare and Social Security amid debt limit talks, backed by some Democrats, and other proposed cuts to the social safety net, as well as corporate greed and watchdog journalism. Nader also discusses his newly launched newspaper, the Capitol Hill Citizen. “It’s all about Congress, and Congress has to be captured by the people instead of being controlled by 1,500 corporations who swarm the corridors,” says Nader.
NBC News has confirmed that Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau has ordered the take down of an unidentified object that violated Canadian airspace. A U.S. F-22 downed the object over the Yukon after Trudeau consulted with President Biden. NBC’s Dan De Luce reports.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that an “unidentified object” had been shot down over Canadian airspace on his orders. “I ordered the take down of an unidentified object that violated Canadian airspace. @NORADCommand shot down the object over the Yukon. Canadian and U.S. aircraft were scrambled, and a U.S. F-22 successfully fired at the object,” Trudeau said on Twitter. Trudeau said that he spoke with US President Joe Biden on Saturday and that Canadian forces will lead the object recovery operation.
The island nation of Haiti has moved closer to the brink of collapse. Heavily armed gangs have taken over the capital and are targeting police after the country has been without a single elected official since early January. Jacqueline Charles, the Miami Herald’s Caribbean correspondent, joins John Yang to discuss what she saw on a recent trip to Haiti.
Drone footage showed huge cracks in a main road connecting Turkey’s Hatay and Syria’s Aleppo following Monday’s 7.8-magnitude earthquake that killed thousands of people across both countries. The deadly quake toppled thousands of buildings including hospitals, schools and apartment blocks, injured tens of thousands and left countless people homeless. As the death toll surpasses 11,000 people, rescue workers struggled to reach some of the worst-hit areas like Kahramanmaraş, held back by destroyed roads, poor weather and a lack of heavy equipment.
Footage was captured after several earthquakes shook Turkey and Syria this week. Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/guardianwiressub The footage was taken from the Kahramanmaraş province, which was the epicentre of the earthquake. Search-and-rescue operations continue in several cities with aid efforts ongoing in the affected areas. The death toll in Turkey and Syria has passed 20,000, with tens of thousands more injured in both countries.
In the early hours of 06 February 2023, south eastern Turkey and northern areas of Syria were hit by a powerful and destructive quake. A second one followed only hours later, as well as a series of after shocks. Far away to the west, Istanbul was unaffected; but Turkey’s largest metropolis, lies close to the North Anatolian Fault Zone, one of the most active in the world. Seismologists say the city could be hit at anytime as this documentary, shot in 2019, illustrates.
Marco Bohnhoff is from the German Research Centre for Geosciences in Potsdam. We accompany him and his team on their way to the Princes Islands in the Sea of Marmara just to the south of Istanbul. With the help of several measuring stations, the scientist wants to develop a new type of early warning system for earthquakes in the region. In a best case scenario, it would send warning signals hours or even days in advance. The Anatolian and Eurasian tectonic plates meet directly below the Sea of Marmara, making the risk of earthquakes particularly high. In the case of a big tremor, Turkish disaster management authorities forecast at least 80,000 deaths. In the last few years, the city has been trying to become more earthquake-resistant, for example by tightening building regulations. However, the Chamber of Civil Engineers is skeptical, with chairman Cemal Gökce stressing: Not everything that is new is earthquake-proof. Seismologists such as Marco Bohnhoff, as well as disaster prevention experts and engineers, are working flat out to prepare Istanbul for future natural disasters by constructing special buildings and improving forecasting.
This data livestream shows in real time what is causing our environment to change. From the amount of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere to how much the world has warmed because of human activity since the industrial revolution. Here’s a breakdown of the data: Real time power mix: Our power comes from lots of different sources. The National Grid has created a real time counter that shows how much of Great Britain’s electricity is being produced by each source. It includes renewables, fossil fuels, nuclear and imports.
Source: National Grid ESO Total CO2 emissions (million tonnes): This is the total amount of carbon emissions the world has produced, in millions of tonnes, since the industrial revolution began. Every time coal, gas, oil or wood is burnt, that number will increase and add to the warming number.
Source: Global Warming Index, Environmental Change Institute University of Oxford
Source: National Grid ESO Total CO2 emissions (million tonnes): This is the total amount of carbon emissions the world has produced, in millions of tonnes, since the industrial revolution began. Every time coal, gas, oil or wood is burnt, that number will increase and add to the warming number.
Global warming since 1880: This shows the level of human-induced global warming. It’s the clearest measure of how the world has changed since the second half of the 19th Century – the industrial revolution.
A special programme on the devastating earthquake which has killed thousands of people in Turkey and Syria. Read the latest developments here: https://news.sky.com/story/turkey-ear…
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